Posted on 04/05/2015 9:44:11 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu understands all too well what it feels like to be alone, for on his shoulders lies the immense responsibility of protecting the Israeli people from Iran’s ambitions of “erasing Israel from the map.”
Given Iran’s venomous intentions and the West’s insistence on negotiating with this thug nation, it is no wonder that Netanyahu felt compelled to go out of his way and showcase to the world on Monday his nation’s newest weapon — a nuclear-armed submarine.
Known officially as ISS Tanin, which means “Crocodile,” this beast of a vessel reportedly carries nuclear-tipped cruise missiles with a range of about 1,000 miles. It still needs a few weeks to become operational, but once it does, it will be Israel’s fourth and most powerful submarine.
The “Crocodile” will also be tagged as part of Israel’s “second strike” force, which is designed to be activated immediately in retaliation if ever Iran were to fire a nuke at the nation.
Germany is said to be subsidizing the building of several advanced submarines for Israel, perhaps out of a lingering national guilt over the Holocaust. Furthermore, it was revealed that during the first Gulf War, several German firms helped Iraq build missiles aimed at Israel (H/T Western Journalism).
Regardless, Benjamin Netanyahu now has in his possession the arsenal needed to put the fear of God into the hearts of all radical Muslims, including those who lead the nation of Iran.
The implications of this are huge. It means that Netanyahu need not rely on President Obama, who we all know is anything but reliable, to keep his people safe.
And not relying on Obama is good advice for anyone.
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>> “I could be wrong, but I don’t think that is the screw, rather I think those act as dive planes and rudders.” <<
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You have to be correct.
They are mounted to individual shafts that protrude through the hull.
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True.. some one worlders are indeed republicans..
Not to speak of ALL Bush’s.. i.e. one wordler’s..
Need a Civil War... America is guided like a donkey with a bit in it’s mouth.. and harness.. to a plow... planting socialism..
watching Obama’s use of a tractor to do the same.. with global assets.. while brain washing the field hands.. in federal controlled schools.. movies.. documentarys even TV commercials..
These seventh century savages don't fear God, they want to die for Allah. And don't forget about the 12th imam. These morons believe it will take a cataclysmic event for him to return and nothing says cataclysmic like a nuclear explosion.
“Germany is said to be subsidizing the building of several advanced submarines for Israel, perhaps out of a lingering national guilt over the Holocaust.”
Sorry, for me the article ended with this sinkhole of BS.
Any idea who the author is?
Israel’s Deadliest Submarines Are Nearly Ready (Aug 16, 2014)
Are you remembering your Skipper's comment correctly? Our nuclear capable subs cruise the seas for the purpose of first, second, and third nuclear strikes. One nuke on American terrority, and our nuke subs hit next, which would include them in WWIII. Doubt he meant that after nuclear devastation of America that they would finally launch just to kill some survivors of WWIII.
Tridents let me sleep at night. Bombers, land-launched ICBM's (if any left), surface nuke equipped ships are vulnerable. There's a reason they call submarines the Silent Service. Yes, Russian and others have attack subs that try to follow our Tridents, but we also have attack subs that track their attack subs. My best guess is that we have at least 4 Tridents cruising at any given time.
No matter who were to launch nukes against America, they know that just one Trident has 24 missles with 8 MIRVS that can be targeted to different locations. Do the math. And how many Tridents do we have cruising the seas at any given time. Believe that is major classified.
Side note: It would only take one Iranian nuke to destroy much of the small country of Israel. Who would strike back against Iran? US? NATO nuke countries?
Also, their is no such thing as a viable "suitcase nuke". By design, they have too much maintenance to remain viable. However, selling warheads to enemies of Western civilization is another matter.
My position: Give 36 hours notice to Iran to vacate their cities (don't name which ones) and then end them. North Korea should get no such notice.
Kill them all now as we did in Dresdan, Hamburg, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki. Let Amercian make its point again. The world would go into hysterics, but once again FEAR the prowess of American might and resolve. Russian, China and Pakistan would be peeing their pants and not get involved. Then we talk diplomacy as we did with Germany and Japan, both allies now.
“The Muslims won’t be deterred by dying in a retalitory strike any more than the thousands of Muslim suicide bombers worry about dying when they voluntarily detonate their suicide vests amongst the hated Infidels or other Muslims they consider heretics.”
Well assuming politics is the same everywhere, the Muslim Aristocracy and Bureaucracy will care. Imagine that. Muslim 1% vs Non-Muslim 1%.
>>Tridents let me sleep at night.
Back in my day, it was a lot of Poseidons and a few Tridents that let you sleep at night.
>>Are you remembering your Skipper’s comment correctly? Our nuclear capable subs cruise the seas for the purpose of first, second, and third nuclear strikes.
Yes. The bomber and land-based missiles were the “use em or lose em” sides of the nuclear deterrent triad. So, at the indication of first launch, they had to go right away or they would cease to exist 30 minutes later. The boomers could afford to wait. They always told us that if the orders to launch ever came, we could be certain that most of US had ceased to exist several days earlier.
>>And how many Tridents do we have cruising the seas at any given time. Believe that is major classified.
Based on the length of patrol vs length of refit, we’ve always had about 80% of our boomers on patrol and on alert at any given time. (Two crews for each boat to maximize alert time for each boat.) We have a lot more than 4 on patrol at any given time!
If Netanyahu has to fire nukes at Iran, he’s not going to leave out Mecca and Medina. All of the Islamic world will attack him anyway for Iran - might as well go for it and remove the root. Which means bye-bye Kaaba.
Israel needs to get their nukes out to sea... in places Iran can’t find... MAD might be the only think that will hold the Iranians back.
At my first view, I thought those large finds were part of a prop system. I may have been way off base. Others are saying they think their more likely rudders or dive planes.
I could have been way off.
I do see something just forward of those (what I thought) were props. I thought those were the rudder and dive planes.
At any rather, that’s an interesting look.
You mentioned cavitation. I also thought a large prop system like that could move much slower and perhaps cause less churning, a quieter wake.
You could be right. I wrote some comments to HosePipe that touched on this. You may want to check it out.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3275989/posts?page=51#51
You could be right. I wrote some comments to HosePipe that touched on this. You may want to check it out.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3275989/posts?page=51#51
You are correct The prop is shrouded.
Oh, i don't know. Kill a couple hundred million and the rest may see the error of their ways.
MAD might be the only think that will hold the Iranians back.
IF the Israeli’s nuke Iran or anywhere.. Iran won’t be the only place..
letting one cat out the bag is silly.. dump the whole bag..
maybe some skunks weasels and wolverines..
You don’t play with nukes.. you must be serious..
If Iranians can smuggle theater nukes.. so can Israeli’s..
Then who did it.?. domestic or foreign.?.
The message Bibi is sending is that Israel will not go meekly into oblivion-the Third Temple will not fall with a whimper.
This is a photo of the one they want seen by the world.
What are they NOT showing?
Dollars to donuts that Netanyahu is not showing all of his cards.
And those so-called Sunni Muslim men wearing those Infidel trappings who are in power in Saudi Arabia are opposing Sunni ISIS who would depose them for not doing enough to fight the Infidel.
A lot of so-called Muslims both Sunni and Shia, who have secular bents, have always been killed by fundamentalist Muslims along with us Infidels. - Tom
About the only way to stop a religious Zealot is to get them to give up on their religion. - Tom
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